The Never-Ending Struggle With the very existence of a mankind on the face of this planet came the inherent struggle with the forces of the existing world around. They are the everyday struggles brought about by the natural surroundings that we have grown accustomed to. We live with these every ...

Chloe Cox April 24, 2000 Jules de Gaultier stated, "Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality." I think the "war against reality" is the process of aging and imagination is our naiveté that shields us from the frightening world. By imagining that si...

"I hate life." I casually said to her roommate. "Clarissa, why would you say something like that?" Keryn said. "Life has been so hard for me. All my life, I have been the outcast white chick, my mother clearly hates me, my sister is crazy, and life sucks." I di...

In a Split Second I slowly opened my heavy set eyes and looked at the bright, white lights gleaming in front of me. I tried to recollect what had just happened but it all happened too fast. I was to a point of confusion and state of disbelief on what had just occurred. I laid there and kept tellin...

Michael Craddock "The Good Old Days They Were Terrible" Dr. Emily Messier February 6, 2001 Dear Diary: Today is Monday July the 10th. Today was a very long day, I got up at sunrise and did not get home until after sunset. I am not used to working like this. I came from German...

Introduction In the following pages I will present Socrates' argument that "No one wants what is bad," (11) and my own view on this statement. What does the statement," No one wants what is bad" (11) mean; you might ask. In the Meno Socrates explains that people make choic...